ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace)
Launch Successful
Launch Details
Date: 20 Dec 2016, 11:00 am UTC
Rocket: Epsilon (Epsilon)
Provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Elliptical Orbit
Pad: Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Mission Description
The ERG  (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) project is a mission to study the Van Allen belts. The task is to elucidate how highly charged electrons are born while they generate and vanish repeatedly along with space storms caused by the disturbance of solar wind, influenced by space storms, and how space storms are developed.
